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None of them are really making me excited, mostly due to the fact that there were few reveals I didn't expect. Most look great and the expected ones are all well done of course (well, the Horde Troopers aren't really doing it for me), but my favorite is actually Standor ;-)

The Unnamed One : C since I don't know what he/she looks like, can't determine at this point. But the idea is a solid C for me. I have faith the Four Horseman can create something great for this character though.

Sky High + Sky Sled - 6 - Just wish they were seperate... (the Sled itself? 9!) and not coming in the middle of some very expensive months.Nepthu - 6. - don't mind him, like his accessories... he could stand a few more paint hits, cause he looks really friendly, and not evil.Lord Dactys - 9. - Blown. Away.Horde Troopers - 7. - something off about them. Love the multiple looks/accessories though.Geldor - 7. - Better than expected.Sea Hawk - 9. - Love him, but he looks a little off in the face; should have had a smirk.Kowl + Weapons pack - Kowl -10! weapons - 5. - Love the toy version! Weapons pack has a few gems but I could do without the rest.Castle Grayskull - 8.5 - Better than before!Plundor - 8 - Not bad.Strong-Arm - 4. - Meh. Good for his fans, though.Two-Bad - 9 - A stunner! I think the faces look a little old, but he's marvelous!Glimmer - 9.5 - Perfect, just needs a little color tweak on the hair. So happy she's not bug-eyed.MODULOK - 9 - Almost there. ALMOST. Give him some easy Filmation options and an additional "flat" neck piece and we're good. Hydron - 9 - Stunned. I never thought I'd want Hydron this much. Goat Man - 9 - Another stunner! Want him!

Unnamed One - ??? - no idea, probably won't like it though..Bag of Bones... er Standor - how far back into the negative can I go? lol - SMH. But at least he's not forced on us.

Sky High + Sky Sled: 8/10 - I wish we had only the sky sled or a sled 2 pack... nothing against Sky High, but Troopers and Weapons packs on the same month kinda kill my desire to army build Sky Sleds... (I suppose it's worse for Future Castle owners)Nepthu: 7/10 - Needs some Eyeliner. Luckily I can skip himLord Dactys: 7/10 - He's cool, but not dying to get him...Horde Trooper 2-pack: 8/10 - The eyes... there's something off... I hope I can have 2 Clean Troopers. I don't want 1 clean 1 messed up! Geldor: 8/10 - I pity him... Almost skippable.Sea Hawk: 9/10 - Shame that he's a sub exclusive.Castle Grayskull: 8/10 - Congrats to those who are getting it!! Enjoy!Weapons pack: 6/10 - Granamyr Weapons should have come on its own with a rack. Green sword probably for Castle Grayskull... Kowl, Rattlor stuff, Netossa sword and Strobo gun are the best things from it. Plundor: 8/10 - Looking Good... better than expected.Strongarm: 7/10- Looks good but not my cup of teaTwo-Bad: 9/10 - Near Perfection! Love that his "Purple" isn't infecting the right leg. He is UGLY!! and that's a good thing for Two-Bad!Glimmer: 12/10 My favorite reveal. I am so freaking Excited about her!! Modulok: 10/10 Ho-Ly Crap!! He is sweet, but I like Glimmer betterHydron: 10/10 - So awesome! Flipshot won't be alone now! He has actual flippers!! I was expecting the duck feet!Goat Man: 8/10 - Looks fine but most likely skippable.The Unnamed One: n/a... Seriously? anything would have been better than a Question Mark...Standor: 9/10 - I hope he's available outside of Comikaze... I need a blue Stan Lee!! EXCELSIOR!! He needs Weapons!

FINALLY!! GLIMMER IS IN MY SHELF!! Crita is coming... Now I NEED SONGSTER! The Awesometastic Bard!

Sky High + Sky Sled: 7/10 - I'm happy to get both. I may even buy two sets.
Nepthu: 7/10 - Looks cool to me. Much better than Geldor imo.
Lord Dactys: 9/10 - Looks all kinds of awesome!
Horde Trooper 2-pack: 6/10 - I'm happy to have them, but I wish there was a little more to their design (particularly their helmets). Maybe there is a little too much vintage in them and not enough "wow" or menace to them. I think this might be my biggest disappointment of SDCC. I was happier with he Snake Men army builder.
Geldor: 5/10 - I don't see why people wanted him so bad. He's alright. At least Huntara will help make up for this poor vote choice (just my opinion of course).
Sea Hawk: 9/10 - So happy to finally get him. He looks great!
Castle Grayskull: 8/10- Looking good. I hope the final coloring is a bit more green like the vintage. Maybe its just the photos I've seen so far washing out the colors.
Weapons pack: 6/10 - I'll get it Kowl and a couple of the weapons. Wish there was a bit more colo detailing to them. Some of the weapons look very bland.
Plundor: 8/10 - I wasn't sure how he'd turn out but he is definitely a pleasant surprise. He's great!
Strongarm: 6/10 - He looks nice. I want him for completion sake, but never a personal favorite of mine.
Two-Bad: 10/10 - He's looks perfect. So happy with how he came out.
Glimmer: 10/10 - She is Filmation perfect. I love the youthful face sculpt.
Modulok: 9/10 - He's all sorts of awesome. My only reason for knocking him down one is that we don't have a Filmation like torso piece with the Horde logo.
Hydron: 8/10 - Great look for an NA character.
Goat Man: 7/10 - Looks cool and I'll be happy to add him to my villains.
The Unnamed One: ? - I'm very excited about this figure. Lots of potential and a great surprise for subscription holders.
Standor: 8/10 - He looks pretty cool. I'll need to get one.

Overall I'm extremely happy with SDCC. I imagine we will see Filmation colors Kowl and Loo-kee later in 2014.

Sky High + Sky Sled : 4/10 - Failure. You just can't pack an army builder vehicle with a singular character. I give it 4 just because the character is cool and well designed and the vehicle is awesome... but who the hell thought it would be a good idea to pack them together? I would buy some 3 Sleds if they came alone, or with an army building character. In this case I'm getting one and calling it a day. Shame on you Mattel!

Nepthu : 0/10 - Awful figure. The choice wasn't brilliant for my taste (considering now that we will only get Masque if we're lucky), but I can live with that since this line is about getting figures for every fan. But even if I was a fan of this character I would be in a rage for how they butchered his face. When you put out an obscure/less demanded character you must make it great looking to compensate for obscurity (the shared parts also don't help). They did just the opposite.

Lord Dactys : 7/10 - Cool concept of a character but I don't like his face design, it somehow shows that it belongs in a different style (MYP) and that doesn't please me that much. Nothing wrong with the translation though, very solid sculpt from the 4HM!

Horde Trooper 2-pack : 9/10 - Pretty solid sculpt of a great design. They have a shield which will go along nicely with the Blue Hordak. Don't need to say much!

Geldor : 7/10 - Not a fan of the character but it was well translated.

Sea Hawk : 6/10 - I personally don't like the boots they've chosen, since I think the black ones would give it an overall better look. Also, the chubby vest kills it for me. It's a shame because the shield is very nice along with the sword and face sculpt, but from the neck down I really don't like him.

Castle Grayskull : On Roast Gooble Dinner 80 (or 81, one of those two) Scott said they wouldn't do it just for the sake of doing it, that they wanted it to be the best toy ever. Not the best toy ever in my book by far. I'm not going to rate it because I don't want to sound unfair, after all I know it is a very hard task to do this right, but I just can't give enough credit to Scott/Matty to overlook some of the mistakes done during this process. Let's just say that, to me, the Grayskull reveal is very underwhelming.

Weapons pack : 5/10 - Don't need nothing in there besides Kowl, which I really like! I will buy the pack, but for the price I would want more. 5 just for Kowl.

Plundor : 9/10 (10/10 for the inclusion of Skeletor's axe!) - Very good! I always liked this character a lot, and the Horsemen did an awesome job especially with the face! Way to go! Now I just don't understand how the same people that made this one could be so careless with Nephtu.

Strongarm : 10/10 - Great translation, and the 10 goes for him being one of my favorites and most wanted since my childhood. Again I'll recall Nephtu: see how they didn't go cheap on Strongarm, and made the necessary new parts? AMAZING FIGURE!

Two-Bad : 10/10 - Couldn't ask for more than this. This is how the vintage figures should be treated, not like the cheap versions of the Rock Men. When a vintage figure has different parts those should be directly translated to the modern toy, no excuses!

Glimmer : 8/10 - Netossa is awesome. Castaspella is gorgeous. Glimmer is magnificent. And all this is killing me since I will never be able to have a Frosta that can live up to these three... in fact that's the reason I'm not giving a 10 to Glimmer. That and the fact that she will come with a skirt (yeah that's just the prototype).

Modulok : 8/10 - I'll give him a 9 if I can be proven that it is possible to put an extra leg on his butt to make the Filmation version of the character. But even then he is not bulky enough to resemble his cartoon version, so he'll get an 8 for now.

Hydron : 5/10 - A figure that I don't like (Not because I don't like NA, in fact Optikk is one of my all time favorites). Though unlike Nephtu (again) they went all the way on him and didn't spare on the details. And for that I give him a 5.

Goat Man (EVIL MASTER OF 80's HEAVY METAL) : 10/10 - This guy is bad ass. He looks like he was sculpted by SATAN himself! For that, and just for that, he gets a 10.

Standor : 7/10 - I like his looks. Would like to know who was behind the concept for the overall design of this figure, but it seems to have the 4HM touch, and it sure shows.

My “Rate the Reveals” post.
Reveals are rated on a scale from 1 through 10 (10 being highest). I’m not rating Batros or Mantenna, as they have already been revealed.
September:

Sky High and Sky Sled: 7. Both look pretty cool and I like Sky High’s design. A removable emblem and Horde emblem would have bumped him higher.

October:

Lord Dactus: 7. He looks pretty darn neat
Nepthu (Filmation) 5. He looks better than expected, kind of warming to him
Horde Troopers: 11. I have wanted these guys forever. I LOVED them as a kid. Been waiting for this all year
Weapons Pack (out of sub): 4. Kowl is cool (although I would prefer Filmation Kowl), Rattlors Armor and Strobo’s gun are great, the rest is ok. If they had revealed Filmation Kowl I would probably pass.

November:

Seahawk (Filmation exclusive): 8. He is cool and I am glad he is coming. He looks good too.
Geldor w stickers
Caste Grayskull (out of sub) 9.5. Loving how it looks! Would be a 10, but there is still that part of me nervous about seeing the final item.
Grayskull tiered stands (out of sub) 8. These will really help out some of my back rows
December:

Plundor: 6. He is goofy, but I kind of like him
Strong-or (Filmation) 5. He looks fine, but I don’t really remember him or have much attachment. I imagine I will like him better when I have him in hand.

2014:

January:
Two Bad: 10. Looks great, LOVE the guy, and that finishes the Evil Warrior faction for me
February:
Glimmer: 15. Seriously, a frakking 15! I have ALWAYS wanted a Glimmer who looks just like this. She is perfect.

Modulok ($40): 9. He looks really good, much better than I expected. I may not display him with the green eyed head though.

March:

Hydron: 6. He looks pretty good I will admit. In the end I am just glad to get him and get him out of the way. Him and hopefully Flogg soon after increases the remote possibility of Crita.

Unnamed One (Club Exclusive): *Judgment Reserved*. This is honestly kind of a letdown. I’ll admit there has been a little part of me since I was a kid who wondered who that was when mentioned in the old mini comic. I don’t like not getting to see him. That is a pretty risky move, and he does not really qualify as an “All Star” in my book. There are a lot of other sub exclusives that would have been stronger.

Then again, he could be like Horde Prime and I could LOVE his design…so we shall see.
Horde Empire Map: 8. Pretty excited about this map!
The Fall of Eternia mini comic: 6. Could be neat, time will tell
Goatman: 9. He looks awesome! Plus he is a character I remember as a kid and one that I always wanted. Plus having the mini comic staff made so Stratos can hold it is a nice touch.

Huntara winning the vote: 10. I think masque has a good chance to be made anyway.